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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Monday. An ordinance approving a zoning change for 1505 North Miles Street was approved on its second reading. The zoning was changed from R-2 to R-3, which fits developments such as duplexes. The council approved several municipal orders, including the appointment of H.Y. Davis IV to the Board of Zoning Adjustments. The council also approved a contract not to exceed […]

Drivers should be aware of work happening at the Interstate 65/Western Kentucky Parkway interchange happening the next two nights. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says crews will be placing a microsurface on the southbound I-65 ramps at Exit 91 to the WKP and U.S. 31W Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Work will also be taking place along the parkway between the interstate interchange and the U.S. 31W Bypass interchange. KYTC District Four Public Information […]

Officials are investigating an area water issue. According to a press release from Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul’s office, the Kentucky Emergency Response Team and the Kentucky Division of Water are investigating to determine the source and substance of contamination of Big Spring in the Upton area. The judge/executive’s office says: “There is confidence that no drinking water is affected, and no public health warnings are in effect.” Concerns about well water should […]

UPDATE 8/20/24: The Elizabethtown Police Department has confirmed that Christopher Elder died Monday evening as a result of injuries he sustained from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during a standoff with police.---Two people are dead and another is injured following a shooting in a parking lot across from the Hardin County Justice Center Monday, and the suspect is hospitalized after a vehicle pursuit ended with him shooting himself. […]

A Hart County company was given probation and a fine for environmental violations. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky says Logsdon Valley Oil Inc., also known as Hart Petroleum, was sentenced to three years of probation and fined $100,000 for violating the Safe Drinking Water Act. The U.S. Attorney’s office says court documents show that in 2019 Logsdon Valley Oil discharged brine water from oil […]

An Elizabethtown factory was highlighted during Governor Andy Beshear’s Team Kentucky update Thursday. The governor congratulated LOTTE Aluminum Materials USA for beginning the hiring process to fill 122 full-time jobs at their Elizabethtown facility. Governor Beshear said LOTTE’s commitment to Elizabethtown is a product of the state’s strong relationship with South Korea. He said LOTTE has connections across the globe that can benefit the state. “I got to visit the […]

The staff at the Hodgenville Police Department are enjoying their new digs. “The city had the opportunity to purchase the old DWE building located at 1250 Old Elizabethtown Road at the corner of KY 210 and Northridge Circle here in town,” said Hodgenville Police Chief James Richardson. “It's a big building. We have an administrative portion of the front and a large warehouse in the back along with an impound […]